Uh, Negative Perceptions?

This stuff with the cartoons of Mohammed and the protests that have followed are ludicrous.

What makes it all the crazier to me is to see something like this:

Elsewhere in the Muslim world on Sunday, demonstrators with wooden staves and stones tried unsuccessfully to storm the U.S. Embassy in Indonesia, while tens of thousands rallied in the Turkish city of Istanbul and complained about negative Western perceptions of Islam.

You think we have some negative perceptions of Islam due to the actions of some of its adherents?

Are we not just as appalled as human beings when far-right wing Christians kill abortion doctors?

There is nothing subjective about looking at the actions of these people and saying that it is wrong, out of hand, and bottom-line, crazy. Whatever negative perceptions other people might have about Islam is only being reinforced by these actions.

This isn't about perceptions, this is about reality. It's sad to me that people can't seem to separate those two.